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Topics

plant physiology and xylem structure-function, functional trait evolution and diversification, pigment pathway evolution.

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Maximilian Larter

I am a plant ecophysiologist and an evolutionary biologist, mainly interested is how plants water transport functions and evolves within changing environments.

Research Experience

Post-doctoral Fellow

Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Leiden, The Netherlands

Current - 2019

  • Herb hydraulics, positive root pressure and drought resistance in Brassicaceae
  • Supervisor Frederic Lens

Post-doctoral Fellow

Smith labUniversity of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado

2019 - 2017

  • Evolution of the anthocyanin pathway in Iochrominae
  • Supervisor Stacey Smith [link to Smith lab homepage]

PhD student

University of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

2016 - 2012

  • Evolution of cavitation resistance in conifers
  • Supervisors Sylvain Delzon and Jean-Christophe Domec

Research assistant - 6 months

University of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

2012

  • Evolutionary patterns of cavitation resistance in conifers
  • Supervisor Sylvain Delzon

Masters thesis - 6 months

University of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

2011

  • Convergent evolution of drought tolerance in conifers
  • Supervisor Sylvain Delzon

Masters thesis - 2 months

Imperial College London

Silwood Park, Ascot, UK

2010

  • Population genetics of the olive (Olea europaea) complex
  • Supervisor Guillaume Besnard

Education

PhD in evolutionary, functional and community ecology

University of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

2016 - 2012

  • Evolution of cavitation resistance in conifers
  • Supervisors Sylvain Delzon and Jean-Christophe Domec

Master’s degree

University of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

2011 - 2010

  • Terrestrial Ecosystem Functioning and Modelling

Bachelor’s degree

University of Orléans

Orléans, France

2008 - 2005

  • Organismal Biology

Publications

Multiple origins of insular woodiness on the Canary Islands are consistent with palaeoclimatic aridification, bioRxiv

AH van Huysduynen, S Janssens, V Merckx, R Vos, L Valente, A Zizka, M Larter et al.

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Repeated evolution of a morphological novelty: a phylogenetic analysis of the inflated fruiting calyx in the Physalideae tribe (Solanaceae), American Journal of Botany

R Deanna, M Larter, GE Barboza, SD Smith

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Mexican conifers differ in their capacity to face climate change, Journal of Plant Hydraulics

C Sáenz-Romero, M Larter, N González-Muñoz, C Wehenkel et al.

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The evolution of cavitation resistance in conifers PhD thesis

M Larter

Université de Bordeaux

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Intervessel pit membrane thickness best explains variation in embolism resistance amongst stems of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions, Annals of Botany

A Thonglim, S Delzon, M Larter, O Karami, A Rahimi, R Offringa et al.

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2020

Developmental control of convergent floral pigmentation across evolutionary timescales, Developmental Dynamics

M Larter, A Dunbar-Wallis, AE Berardi, SD Smith

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2019

Convergent evolution at the pathway level: predictable regulatory changes during flower color transitions, Molecular Biology and Evolution

M Larter, A Dunbar-Wallis, AE Berardi, SD Smith

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2018

Aridity drove the evolution of extreme embolism resistance and the radiation of conifer genus Callitris, New Phytologist

M Larter, S Pfautsch, JC Domec, S Trueba, N Nagalingum, S Delzon

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2017

Host range expansion is density dependent, Oecologia

B Castagneyrol, H Jactel, EG Brockerhoff, N Perrette, M Larter, S Delzon et al

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2016

Extreme aridity pushes trees to their physical limits, Plant Physiology

M Larter, TJ Brodribb, S Pfautsch, R Burlett, H Cochard, S Delzon

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2015

A broad survey of hydraulic and mechanical safety in the xylem of conifers, Journal of Experimental Botany

PS Bouche, M Larter, JC Domec, R Burlett, P Gasson, S Jansen, S Delzon

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2014

Conferences & Presentations

Poster - « Genetic basis of convergent evolution of the anthocyanin pathway and floral pigmentation in Iochrominae »

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

Tampa, Florida

2019

Talk - « Linking changes in gene expression to the macroevolution of flower color in Iochrominae (Solanaceae) »

Evolution Meeting

Portland, Oregon

2017

Talk - « Evolution of drought tolerance in conifers - Callitris in Australia »

LabEx Day (LabEx COTE)

Bordeaux (France)

2015

Talk - « The evolution of cavitation resistance in conifers and the case of world-record Callitris »

Xylem International Meeting

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2015

Talk - « The evolution of cavitation resistance in Conifers »

HIE Seminar Series - UWS

Richmond, NSW (Australia)

2014

Poster - « Global variation and evolution of drought tolerance in Conifers »

Journées de la Société Française de Systématique

Paris (France)

2012




Teaching Experience

Lecture (30 min) - Functional traits case study

MSc course Methods in Biodiversity Analysis

Leiden University

2020

Practical - plant physiology “lab day”

MSc course Plant Physiology

Université de Bordeaux

2012



Outreach, Press (by me)

Les conifères, une famille à évolution complexe, Jardins de France

M Larter, P Bouche

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“Three minute thesis” - MT180 University Final

Université de Bordeaux

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Le Pinetum de Bedgebury: «la plus belle collection de conifères du monde», Jardins de France

M Larter

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2013